That show is insanely cute. I've been telling everyone to watch it and I can't stop listening to 90's pop. I was like middle school aged when the show takes place, so I remember looking up to kids like them and thinking they're so grown up and cool, I can't wait to be them.

that show is sooooooooooo good! i want to do a rewatch and i need a full hour of it!

i know a lot of tumblr/twitter was upset bc the age differences between [Spoiler (click to open)]peyton and sydney (kate and emmaline) are like 5 years irl but they're just acting??? like no one cared about zac efron and kay panabaker kissing on summerland and iirc she was underage when it happened (lmao the only age difference i actively know)

Unless the cast signed contracts that require them to be in a sequel, I wouldn't hold my breath on seeing this happen. There's no time frame given, but he doesn't even have a script or funding yet, and two years from now, the leads might have moved on to the point that they don't want to revisit these characters.

And two years from now, I doubt Timmy is going to look 5 or 6 years older. He's going to look like a child for the next decade, lbr

this might be just me but I got confused when they were like, lowkey arguing? being passive-aggressive? it was kinda hard to follow some of the logic of it or why they were annoyed with each other at times.

Yeah that part was very frustrating. I think its a bit more clear in the book versus the film but they were a bit vague in the film as to why Oliver and Elio was mad. Oliver was trying to keep distance because he thought he came on too strong in the Volleyball scene and probably felt pervy. Elio was mad and embarrassed in that one scene because of other stuff. They just weren't very clear in that regard.

i think their trying to deliver the way it was in the book without saying which is difficult. basically they both wanted each other but didn't know the other did so they're acting all angry because of the tension.

but there's some weird emotions in the book like elio saying one night when he doesn't come back from a boat trip he kind of hopes he's dead and his eyeless corpse will wash up on the beach

I related to the passive-aggressivenes and low-key arguing on a personal level bc I'm currently going through a similar stuff. I think it's not unusual when you have this much tension and want and jealousy in the air and you sort of trying to figure things out.

The first time I watched it on a semi-decent quality online link and I thought it was kinda basic and not that good, then I saw it a second time in theaters and thought it was MAGNIFICENT and captivating lol...definitely very different as a theater experience. The best thing about the movie isn't really the plot or the characters but the mood that it presents which resonates a lot with my melancholy ass.

I didn't like it all that much. I kept being weirded out by Oliver. I thought Timothee was wonderful. I could relate to him, especially the last 10 minutes. But Armie Hammer.. I didn't get it. I know that Elio is precocious but there are great pains to explain that he's still just a 17yr old kid who doesnt know wtf he's doing. I thought a lot of the picture was really beautiful, especially when Elio is waiting at night for Oliver to come home, but some of the direction was really odd, too. Ugh I don't know.

In any case, a sequel is weird, because the last ten minutes of that movie are really great and should be left alone.

Me! Like...I've heard a lot of people talk about how it captures that feeling of your first love and the awkwardness and how much it makes your heart ache but it was just so slow and I wasn't into it at all. It felt like a chore to get through.

issues i had with the age difference aside, i thoroughly enjoyed the novel. i thought it honestly captured what it's like to fall in love, especially for the first time, through the eyes of a compelling dude. however, i think whatever endeared me to the novel was mostly absent from the film. save for the soundtrack, cinematography, and the performance tchal and the background characters gave, i thought the film was lifeless. the choppy editing sucked the life out of the centerpiece of the story, elio and oliver's relationship, which left me feeling cold. and it doesn't help that the lead cast bungled so much of the press tour, but that's kinda besides the point.

I feel like it would be daunting to follow up such a critically acclaimed film/performance with a sequel but it's obvious everyone involved really cares about this story. Armie is going to full full throttle to get that Oscar nom.

IDK, I thought the ending of this movie was its strongest part and it doesn't feel like a movie that needs a sequel… but then, I probably would have said that Before Sunrise didn't need a sequel either (if I hadn't been 3 when it came out lol) and I wouldn't mind it if the sequels to this turn out sort of like that series.